In 2004 we spent £5.5 billion on goods and services from 15,000 suppliers.
Most of this is spent with key suppliers providing high tech components for our products. Expenditure on major equipment, systems and support capability accounted for £2.7 billion and we spent £0.7 billion on smaller equipment such as electronic and mechanical devices and raw materials.
We also buy a range of goods and services not related to our products from stationery to business travel. This accounted for £0.8 billion.
The majority of our suppliers are based in Western Europe and North America.
